Mine Index 6054 W. H. Simpson, Simpson No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 6054

Company Name:	W. H. Simpson
Mine Name:	Simpson No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1941
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	Less than 1
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1 acre was mined after the map date.	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Marshall

12N 9E

14

SW SE SW

Escape drift

Marshall

12N 9E

14

SW SE SW

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Danville

3.67

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

W. H. Simpson (add)	Simpson No. 3 (add)	1936-1937	596

W. H. Simpson (add)	Simpson No. 3 (add)	1937-1941	2,225 Production after map date

Total Production: 2,821

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352305

9-17-1937

1:1200

1:1324

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Marshall County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Marshall County) - Mine type, seam, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352305, reel 03138, frame 380 - Drift & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.